Image analysis – Applications – Personnel identification
Reexamination Certificate
2007-04-10
2007-04-10
Bella, Matthew C. (Department: 2624)
Image analysis
Applications
Personnel identification
C382S173000, C351S209000
Reexamination Certificate
active
10422777
ABSTRACT:
Provided are a face recognition apparatus and method in which a facial image is divided into facial component images. The apparatus includes a component division unit that divides an input facial image into a plurality of facial component images; a face descriptor generating unit that generates face descriptors using a transform matrix corresponding to the respective facial component images, the face descriptors being characteristic vectors; a registered face descriptor database (DB) that stores registered face descriptors; and an authentication unit that authenticates the input facial image by comparing face descriptors for the input facial image input from the face descriptor generating unit with the registered face descriptors and providing predetermined weights corresponding to each facial component to the comparison results of each facial component.
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Hwang Won-jun
Kee Seok-cheol
Kim Hyun-woo
Kim Tae-kyun
Azarian Seyed
Bella Matthew C.
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